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Thurston Rostron
Thurston ( Tot ) was born in Darwen on the 21st April 1863, he
was the youngest member (18) of the Darwen team beaten in the FA Cup
semi-final of 1881 in which Darwen lost to eventual winners The Old
Carthusians 1-4
Tot had begun his football career with Helmshore FC and then Darwen
Old Wanderers, before joining Darwen FC.
On the 26th February 1881 at the age of 17 Tot made his England
debut against Wales alongside team-mate T. Marshall at the Alexandra
Meadows Blackburn, His second and last England Cap came when England
lost to Scotland at the Kennington Oval on the 12th March 1881, In
his book " the English football Internationals Who's Who", Douglas
Lamming discribes Tot as a "small but clever forward with plenty of
pace, good screw kick and works hard".
To this day Thurston Rostron is the second youngest player ever to
represent England in a full international, at 17 years and 312 days
old when he played for England against Wales on the 26th February
1881 he was 59 days older than the youngest ever -- James Prinsep of
Clapham Rovers. (Thurston was 112 days younger than Micheal Owen)
In 1883 Tot joined Great Lever (Bolton) but returned to Darwen FC
the following year and guested for Blackburn Rovers in one their FA
cup ties in 1885 the year they won the cup.
Tot died in 1891 aged only 29.
Below: are the 20 youngest players ever to represent England at full
International level, and Thurstons International records.
#on the 13th February 2003 Rooney became the youngest player ever to
play for England, the table below will now have to be revised!
Please note that the list below is reproduced from the England
Football Online website:
www.englandfootballonline.com
| Player |
Club |
Birthdate |
Match
Date |
Opponent |
Age |
| James F. M. Prinsep |
Clapham Rovers |
27-Jul-1861 |
05-Apr-1879 |
Scotland |
17 yrs. 253 days |
| Thurston "Tot" Rostron |
Darwen |
21-Apr-1863 |
26-Feb-1881 |
Wales |
17 yrs. 312 days |
| Clement Mitchell |
Upton Park |
20-Feb-1862 |
15-Mar-1880 |
Wales |
18 yrs. 24 days |
| Michael J. Owen |
Liverpool |
14-Dec-1979 |
11-Feb-1998 |
Chile |
18 yrs. 59 days |
| Duncan Edwards |
Manchester United |
01-Oct-1936 |
02-Apr-1955 |
Scotland |
18 yrs. 184 days |
| James Brown |
Blackburn Rovers |
31-Jul-1862 |
26-Feb-1881 |
Wales |
18 yrs. 211 days |
| Arthur S. Brown |
Sheffield United |
06-Apr-1885 |
29-Feb-1904 |
Wales |
18 yrs. 330 days |
| Rio G. Ferdinand |
West Ham United |
07-Nov-1978 |
15-Nov-1997 |
Cameroon |
19 yrs. 8 days |
| Thomas Lawton |
Everton |
06-Oct-1919 |
22-Oct-1938 |
Wales |
|
| Albert Geldard |
Everton |
11-Apr-1914 |
13-May-1933 |
Italy |
|
| Charles H. Holden-White |
Corinthians |
__-___-1869 |
04-Feb-1888 |
Wales |
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| William H. Mosforth |
Sheffield Wednesday |
__-___-1858 |
03-Mar-1877 |
Scotland |
|
| Henry E. Lilley |
Sheffield United |
__-___-1873 |
05-Mar-1892 |
Wales |
|
| Gareth Barry |
Aston Villa |
23-Feb-1981 |
31-May-2000 |
Ukraine |
|
| William I. Bassett |
West Bromwich Albion |
27-Jan-1869 |
07-Apr-1888 |
Ireland |
|
| Thomas Brindle |
Darwen |
__-___-1861 |
13-Mar-1880 |
Scotland |
|
| James P. Greaves |
Chelsea |
20-Feb-1940 |
17-May-1959 |
Peru |
|
| Harold Morse |
Notts County |
__-___-1879 |
05-Apr-1879 |
Scotland |
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| Joseph H. Baker |
Hibernian, Scotland |
17-Jul-1940 |
18-Nov-1959 |
Northern Ireland |
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26-2-1881
Location ........... Blackburn
Competition ...... Friendly
Fixture ............... England v Wales
Result .......... 0-1
Wales Scorer .......... Vaughan
Team.
Hawtrey (Old Etonians),
Harvey (Wednesday Strollers),
Bambridge AL (Swifts),
Hunter (Sheffield Heeley),
Hargreaves FW (Blackburn Rovers),
Marshall (Darwen),
Rostron (Darwen),
Brown J (Blackburn Rovers),
Tait (Birmingham Excelsior),
Hargreaves J (Blackburn Rovers),
Mosforth (Sheffield Wednesday).
12-3-1881
Location ............ Kennington Oval Crowd: 8.500.
Competition ....... Friendly Fixture .............. England v
Scotland
Result ............ 1-6
England Scorer ........... Bambridge
Scotland Scorers ............. J Smith (I) (3), Ker (2), McGuire
Team.
Hawtrey (Old Etonians),
Field (Clapham Rovers),
Wilson (Oxford University),
Bailey (Clapham Rovers),
Hunter (Sheffield Heeley),
Holden (Wednesday Old Athletic),
Rostron (Darwen),
Macauley (Cambridge University),
Mitchell (Upton Park),
Bambridge EC (Swifts),
Hargreaves (Blackburn Rovers).
SCOTLAND: George Gillespie (2/Rangers) - Andrew Watson (1/Queen's
Park) Thomas C. Vallance (6/Rangers) - Charles Campbell (Captain)
(8/Queen's Park) David Davidson (4/Queen's Park) David Hill
(1/Rangers) - William McGuire (1/Beith) George Ker (2/Queen's Park)
Joseph Lindsay (2/Dumbarton) Henry McNiel (9/Queen's Park) John
Smith (6/Edinburgh University) NOTES: This 6-1 victory was
Scotland's biggest ever win in England.
Acknowledgements for the history in this section are made to :
Darwen RBL -- who originally published this page in 2002
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